WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wireless local area network mean? 

• WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (noun)
  The noun WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK has 1 sense:

1. a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet; uses ethernet protocol

  Familiarity information: WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet; uses ethernet protocol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

WiFi; wireless fidelity; wireless local area network; WLAN

Hypernyms ("wireless local area network" is a kind of...):

LAN; local area network (a local computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices)